I have been replaced, by a caffeinated drink!  

Ben is working today!  Yeah!  [Insert lots of applause and joy.]  and I'm working, so we have to insert the dreaded event .... the babysitter.  Last semester the kids were just fine with Leatha, and had no problem.  Now they've had mom or dad for weeks, and so they are getting clingier .....

Today I went to drop off Brandon and megan.  (Jacob is dropped off at the bus on Tuesdays and Thursdays so he can go to preschool.).  Brandon was crying and saying "mommy stay, mommy stay!"  

Leatha, knowing my children as well as she does, picked up my crying boy and soothed Him "Brandon, if you let mommy go to work, I'll share a mountain dew with you."  He smiled, and waved, "bye mommy!  Have fun at work!"  

Great!  He's ok with me leaving if we give him a dew?  Oh well, it worked.  Guess it's my fault, I have an addiction to dew, and I have been known to give sips to my children at times.  (It doesn't hyper them up, it seems to calm them down.)  

We really have to hide them with megan, because if she sees a mountain dew, she will settle for nothing else.  Not even juice!  I think she's an addict in the making.  

So I got to work, Ben got to work, and Brandon got his dew (and I suspect megan did too).  Good thing the kids are with somebody who knows them well!  :-)  Life's good.  

Morning all!

We're going to do a quick pictureless update, because it was brought to my attention that I have neglected to do that!  

Jacob: Yeah, Jacob is  doing much better!  (unlike my spelling, which is atrocious today).  For his wednesday appt, he'd gained a full pound, and actually walked in under his own power.  He's still a little grouchy, but he's nearly himself again, and we're out of the water.  The school year is almost over, which we are not so happy about, because he adores preschool, even though he only goes two days a week.  He's a typical older brother, and likes to be in charge of all the games, but he's very loving and adores spending time with his brother and sister.

Brandon, doing great!  He's two and a half, active, happy, and always willing to try to help.  He loves unloading the dishwasher, into the sink, and trying to help his sister.  

Megan had her fifteen month apointment yesterday, which was of course, a lot of fun, she really hates shots.  She's cruising, but not walking yet.  She is giggly, although she doesn't talk yet.  We've learned from experience that she will NOT sign "more" if an adult is trying to get her to sign, but if one of her brothers is coaching her, it's perfectly acceptable.

Ben is sort of working, there's not as many hours as we'd like right now, the economy tends to effect cabinetmakers.  But he was still able to turn out a gorgeous dresser for emily's wedding.  (of course, i am not biased.)

As for me, i'm still working for ISU, my hours haven't been cut, thankfully.  I have next week off for finals, but summer semester starts the next week and then life will return to normal.  Well, normal being relative, Emily is up visiting from Provo this weekend, and Andrea is up from Ohio this week!  so I intend to spend as much time as possible enjoying my sisters!  

And that's all folks!

Somebody's getting Mawwied!!!!!!!

 My sister is getting Married today!  I am so excited for her!  

So Emily is marrying Jon .... 

Yay!  We're in Utah for the wedding, so I'm out of town and took today off work.  It was actually kind of nice taking the day off.  

So... here comes the bride!

Jacob Update

So, Jacob spent the weekend with a nasty fever, (up to 104.5 underarm), and sleeping life away.  He would wake up to drink a little, and go back to sleep.  

I took him in yesterday, and they found he had a UTI, and gave him some antibiotics.  So he's been throwing them up instantly.  So he had to go back today.  

Turns out, he's lost two pounds since yesterday.  He was actually alert today, which is the only reason they didn't instantly hospitalize him.  They gave him a nice shot in the butt.  

So if he loses more, it's the hospital.  If he doesn't .... we get to keep him home.  Hopefully he'll start feeling better.  

He actually ate two bites of a hamburger today, half a slice of apple, and half a strawberry.  This may not seem like a lot, but that was more than everything he's eaten all together since Friday morning!  

So here's hoping!  We'll see how things are looking tomorrow at two thirty in the afternoon!

Jacob

Jacob hasn't been feeling well lately.  He spent the weekend sleeping.  On the left we have a picture of Jacob in the doctors office.  Sound asleep.  

Below, we get another shot of Jacob, this is in the store waiting to pick up his prescription.  As you can see, he didn't do much this weekend.  Poor kid.  

Running late

picture 101!